Lorry Wagner, Chair   
Lorry has been an IAHA member since 1960, Region 2 Director for 4 years, and served on the IAHA’s Judges & Stewards Education/Evaluation Committee for 6 years, Equines Stress Committee--subcommittee chair on hoof studies and drugs/medication--, Professional Horseman, and Working Western Committees since 1985.  Lorry has been an Arabian breeder since 1960, an Arabian horse exhibitor since 1962, and a professional trainer since 1964.

Dr. William “Bill” Little, Vice Chair
Bill has been an IAHA member since 1970,  an IAHA Director for 10 years, and has served on IAHA’s Membership, Agenda and Resolutions, Ways & Means, Equine Stress, and other committees.  Bill has been an Arabian breeder since 1966 and an exhibitor since 1970.

Gary Dearth                  
Gary has been an IAHA member since 1960, current Region 8 Director, and served on the IAHA’s Professional Horseman committee.  Gary has been a professional trainer for 23 years and his family has bred and shown Arabians for 30 years. 

Crete Harvey
Crete has been an IAHA member since 1960.  She is a trustee emeritus for the Arabian Horse Trust,  a past director of the Arabian Horse Registry of America, and has served on various IAHA Committees for many years.    Crete has been breeding and exhibiting Arabians since 1960.

Dr. Cory Soltau (DVM)
Cory has been an IAHA member for many years, is the current Region 3 Director, and has served on IAHA’s committees.  Cory has bred and exhibited Arabians in shows,  and not only shows successfully up to the National level but also competes with these same horses in the Endurance arena.

Bazy Tankersley
Bazy is an IAHA member and has continually contributed to solving IAHA problems for many, many years.    She has served on IAHA’s Judges and Stewards Commission and other committees.  Bazy’s Al Marah Arabians has bred, exhibited, and entered competitions shows, endurance, competitive trail, and other disciplines very successfully for over 50 years.  Bazy was instrumental in purchasing and importing many of the Crabbett breeding stock when this famous breeding herd was disbursed, thus preserving a very old and important breeding program that has had tremendous influence in this country. 

Mary Trowbridge
Mary is an IAHA member and has served on IAHA committees. Mary is a professional trainer.

Conclusions

This Committee has come to the following conclusions:

1) Horses showing in the Arabian, Half Arabian, and Anglo Arabian Divisions aged 4 years old and older shall show under the AHSA therapeutic substance rule. Horses aged 3 years old and younger shall show under the AHSA no foreign substance rule, with the exception of the allowance of antibiotics as per AHSA for health purposes.

Marvin Beeman, DVM
Dr. Beeman does council and consulting for the Littleton Large Animal Clinic, in Littleton, Colorado. His professional interest is in equine lameness.  Dr. Beeman is a member of national, state, and local veterinary societies.  He is the past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners and has held such positions for many associations and organizations.   Dr. Beeman served as a committee member in 1997.

John Lengel, DVM
Dr. Lengel is the head of the AHSA Drugs and Medications Department of AHSA.  Dr. Lengel has been very active in coordinating this Committee’s efforts to enact the conclusions and recommendations of this Committee through AHSA rules for our shows.

Duncan Peters, DVM
Dr. Peters is with the LaSalle Veterinary Clinic in Kalispell, Montana. His specialty is large animals, primarily horses.  He rides polo horses in polo matches.  Dr. Peters was a consultant to Allan Balch, AHSA President, for AHSA’s summit meeting of May 1998, concerning drug and medication rules.  He is a member of the Horsemans Advisory Council, primarily concerned with aspects of showing.  This council was initially organized in response to AHSA’s proposed new rules on drugs and medication in the show horse and continues as a consulting group in broader areas.  Dr. Peters is also the Chair of the Horse Show Committee of the  American Association of Equine Practitioners

M. H. Riegger, DVM
Dr. Riegger of the Northwest Animal Clinic Hospital Practice & Specialty Practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is also a Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners whose clinical specialty is the diagnostics, medicine, surgery, and therapy of companion animals.  He has shown Quarter horses in the 1960s and currently, he and his wife show Arabians.

Bradley Root, DVM
Dr. Root is with the Albuquerque Equine Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Dr. Root treats Arabian show horse barns.

L. D. Shamis, DVM
Dr. Shamis is associated with the Cortaro Equine Hospital, P.C. in Tucson, Arizona,-- a complete medical & surgical referral center.  He is also a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Bob Battaglia
Bob is a professional trainer and has trained and shown Arabian horses for many years.  He has served on IAHA Committees, including as the chair of the Professional Horsemans’ Committee.  He is also a current member of the Judges & Stewards Education/Evaluation Commission.

Virginia “Ginger” Detterman
Ginger has owned and bred Arabian horses since the 1950s and has shown many of those horses very successfully.  She has had a very long involvement with the Arabian horse since her grandmother bred Arabians starting in the 1930s.  Ginger served as a committee member in 1997.

Don DeLongpre
Don is a professional trainer and Arabian horse breeder.  He has trained and shown Arabian horses for many years.  Don served as a committee member in 1997.

Introduction

The Drugs/Medication ad hoc Study Committee was appointed by IAHA President Mary Anne Grimmell in August 1996. The mission of this Committee is to study the effects of using therapeutic substances on Arabian horses in the show ring, determine whether the Arabian Division of AHSA shows should show under a no therapeutic substance or limited therapeutic substance rule, and report to the 1998 IAHA Convention with findings, conclusions, and recommendations for delegate action. This committee has accomplished its mission and is bringing forth a resolution to the delegates of the 1998 Convention based on our findings.

The following report contains an overview of the kinds of therapeutic substances known to be used during exhibitions in Arabian horse show classes. The short-term and long-term effects on both the individual animal and the breed are taken into consideration and reported herein. This Committee has attempted to bring forth information necessary for IAHA delegates to understand the full impact of therapeutic substances on both the physical well-being of the animal as an individual and the impact upon the Arabian breed when the horse is, in essence, representing the breed and is shown under the influence of these substances in the manner they are used in today’s shows.